Combined curb and gutter.



- vN0. 886,903. PATENTED NOV. 2'7, 1906.

B. H. STURMAN.

COMBINED CURB AND GUTTER APPLICATION FILED 110115, 1905.

BENJAMIN H. STURMAN, OF POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CURB AND GUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

application filed November 15,1905- Serial No. 287,525.

To all whom it nmjl/ :nnccrw:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. STUR- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pottsville, in the county of Sphuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in aCombined Curb and Gutter, bf which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying.drawings.

My invention relates to combined curbs and gutters, and moreparticularly to those constructed of plastic compositionssuch as cement,concrete, and the likeone of the objects being to provide a device ofthe character described that shall be simple and inexpensive inconstruction, easily molded, durable, and which is readily adapted foruse with any of the ordinary constructions of street on curb and which.will havethe effect of augmenting or strengthening a curb already setwhere it is desirable to place a gut ter adjacent to a curb.

A further object is to provide an integrally.

formed curb and gutter that shall be so constructed as to overcome theeffects of frost or heat upon. the earth beneath the street or pavement,and thereby prevent the displacement of sidewalks.

Other objects and advantages of my invention, as well as the structuralfeatures by means of which these objects are attained,

will'be made clear by an examination of the specification, taken inconnectionwith the accompanying drawing, in whichthe samereference-numerals indicate corresponding pbrtions throughout, and inwhich is shown a sectional perspective of the combined curb and gutter.

{Referring to the drawing by numeral, 1 denotes a gutter composed ofconcrete, cement,

or the like and having formed integral therewith and depending at rightangles from one edge thereof-a vertical wall 2, which operates as a curband irost-resister. The gutter 1 comprises an oblong body having auniform concave upper surface 3 and a flat base, which is adapted. torest upon the earth. Abutting the edge of the gutter on one side is thestreet-paving 5, and abutting on the opposite side is the sidewalk 7.

The combined curb and gutter has formed upon its bottom and outer facesintegral brackets or braces 8, which have the efi ect of bracing andreinforcing the entire structure,

so that when the device is in operative position between a sidewalk andstreet there Wlll be no danger of longitudinalor lateral displacement byreason of the action of frost or heat, the earth being packed in betweenthe,

brackets or braces, operating to chetk any movement, particularlylongitudinal. Moreover, it frequently occurs, particularly in largecities andv on streets where traffic is heavy, that loaded wagons andheavy vehicles wheel into the gutter, especially in loading andunloading the contents thereof, and the great difliculty heretoforeexperienced has been to prevent cement or concrete gutters from beconungcracked or broken, and it is for'the purpose of obviating the expenseand inconvenience caused by this cracking or breakage that I employ theform of gutter,

shown.

Having thus described. my said invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 7 5 Letters Patent of theUnited States, is*

The herein-described combined curb and gutter formed of an integral bodyof plastic material and comprising a straight vertical wall ofsufficient depth to extend below the frost -line, .a gutter-block formedintegral with the wall upon one of its sides, said gutter-block proectmg at right angles from the .Wall at its top and extendinglongitudinally of the wall the top of said gutter-block being 8 5 Rushwith the top of the wall and having formed therein alongitudinally-extending channel to provide a gutter, andtransvcrselyextending brackets formed integral with the wall and theunder side of the gutter-block go to reinforce and support the latter,substantially as shown and for the purposes set. forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix iny signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' J3ENJAMIN H. STURMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. M. THOMPSON, FRANK F. STURMAN.

